WWE Raw house show report
May 4, 2012
Huntsville, Ala.
Report by Robert Harper, PWTorch reader

(1) WWE tag champion R-Truth & U.S. champion Santino defeated Primo & Epico. This was a comedy match. The heels enraged Truth by mock-attacking an invisible Little Jimmy. They also stole the Cobra sleeve from Santino, but then they fled his sleeve-less Cobra (which didn’t connect). R-Truth got the pin after his finisher.

(2) Zack Ryder defeated FCW wrestler Bray Wyatt (a/k/a Husky Harris). Harris cut a heel promo pre-match.

(3) Tyson Kidd defeated JTG via submission. JTG, who had “Sofa King Flyy” on the back of his pleather jacket and trunks, submitted to the Sharpshooter.

(4) Brodus Clay defeated Jack Swagger with a splash. The Swagglesaurus accompanied Clay and his Funkettes. Swagger had a fairly lengthy (for him) taped promo before the match, proclaiming himself the “maestro of side-parts” and such. Clay mocked and tousled Swagger’s hair a couple of time during the match, and wiggled a-plenty.

(5) Kelly Kelly defeated Rosa Mendes.

(6) John Cena defeated Lord Tensai via DQ after Tensai accidentally hit the ref with the Green Mist. Cena was selling the after-effects from Extreme Rules and Raw, and was only able to execute the AA after the match concluded. He failed in an earlier attempt.

(7) WWE champion C.M. Punk beat Dolph Ziggler in a Street Fight to retain the WWE Title. The match stipulation was decided by the crowd via text message vote over a 2-out-of-3 falls stipulation. Weapons included a kendo stick and several chairs. Punk was unhappy with the success of the stick, so positioned a chair in a corner, which Ziggler eventually met head-on, with a Macho Man elbow drop added for effect. Punk spent a lot of time greeting the front-row fans as he left, and the crowd was happy.

Biggest Face Reactions:

- John Cena
- C.M. Punk
- Truth/Santino

Biggest Heat:

- Dolph Ziggler
- (tie) Lord Tensai and John Laurinaitis (at the mention of his name by the announcer)
- Jack Swagger

No-shows, after being advertised: Kofi Kingston, Mark Henry, David Otunga, Alex Riley, and Beth Phoenix. Below was the advertised card:

-- WWE champion C.M. Punk vs. Mark Henry (?)
-- John Cena vs. Lord Tensai (?)
-- U.S. champ Santino vs. David Otunga
-- WWE tag champs R-Truth & Kingston vs. Primo & Epico
-- Zack Ryder vs. Dolph Ziggler
-- Brodus Clay vs. Jack Swagger
-- Alex Riley vs. Husky Harris
-- Kelly Kelly vs. Beth Phoenix

[Torch art credit Grant Gould (c) PWTorch.com]

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